Question 1

What would have been the original context of the Geometric krater?

Accepted Answer

A)  An Egyptian tomb 
B)  A temple of Apollo 
C)  An Athenian cemetery 
D)  An Etruscan tomb 
A)  An Egyptian tomb 
B)  A temple of Apollo 
C)  An Athenian cemetery 
D)  An Etruscan tomb

Question 2

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What is the name and location of this monument?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temple of Apollo at Didyma 
B)  Basilica at Paestum 
C)  Temple of Aphaia on Aegina 
D)  Temple of Zeus at Olympia 
A)  Temple of Apollo at Didyma 
B)  Basilica at Paestum 
C)  Temple of Aphaia on Aegina 
D)  Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Question 3

What was the function of one of the side chambers of the Propylaia on the Athenian Acropolis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hospital 
B)  Picture gallery 
C)  Council chamber 
D)  Guest house 
A)  Hospital 
B)  Picture gallery 
C)  Council chamber 
D)  Guest house

Question 4

What technique did the sculptor Polykleitos use in his Doryphoros to impose order on human movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Associated emotion with action 
B)  Extended the figure into the surrounding space 
C)  Created a system of cross-balances 
D)  Used subtle stone projections for support 
A)  Associated emotion with action 
B)  Extended the figure into the surrounding space 
C)  Created a system of cross-balances 
D)  Used subtle stone projections for support

Question 5

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Who is usually given credit for the invention of the red-figure technique, shown here?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exekias 
B)  Brygos Painter 
C)  Andokides Painter 
D)  Euthymides 
A)  Exekias 
B)  Brygos Painter 
C)  Andokides Painter 
D)  Euthymides

Question 6

What technique was used to create the Charioteer of Delphi ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subtractive relief carving 
B)  Lost-wax method of bronze casting 
C)  Lost-wax method of gold working 
D)  Encaustic technique 
A)  Subtractive relief carving 
B)  Lost-wax method of bronze casting 
C)  Lost-wax method of gold working 
D)  Encaustic technique

Question 7

What is the effect of the drapery worn by the three goddesses in the Parthenon east pediment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hangs flat and heavy, disguising their contours 
B)  Reveals and conceals the forms of their bodies 
C)  Recalls the style and mood of the Archaic period 
D)  Loses its own shape yet reveals theirs 
A)  Hangs flat and heavy, disguising their contours 
B)  Reveals and conceals the forms of their bodies 
C)  Recalls the style and mood of the Archaic period 
D)  Loses its own shape yet reveals theirs

Question 8

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What materials made up the real statue of Athena Parthenos?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bronze and ivory 
B)  Gold and marble 
C)  Gold and painted clay 
D)  Gold and ivory 
A)  Bronze and ivory 
B)  Gold and marble 
C)  Gold and painted clay 
D)  Gold and ivory

Question 9

What style of Greek vase painting replaced the black-figure style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Geometric style 
B)  Corinthian animal style 
C)  White-ground technique 
D)  Red-figure style 
A)  Geometric style 
B)  Corinthian animal style 
C)  White-ground technique 
D)  Red-figure style

Question 10

What formed the original base of the Nike of Samothrace?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pyramid 
B)  Corinthian column 
C)  Altar 
D)  Ship's prow 
A)  Pyramid 
B)  Corinthian column 
C)  Altar 
D)  Ship's prow

Question 11

Which statue is the earliest known example of the use of contrapposto in sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aphrodite of Knidos 
B)  Diskobolos 
C)  Doryphoros 
D)  Kritios Boy 
A)  Aphrodite of Knidos 
B)  Diskobolos 
C)  Doryphoros 
D)  Kritios Boy

Question 12

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What scene is represented on this Athenian white-ground lekythos by the Achilles Painter?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lady performing her morning toilette 
B)  Young men lounging at a symposium 
C)  The meeting of Paris and Helen 
D)  Warrior taking leave of his wife 
A)  Lady performing her morning toilette 
B)  Young men lounging at a symposium 
C)  The meeting of Paris and Helen 
D)  Warrior taking leave of his wife

Question 13

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What explains the markings on this statue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Modern archaeologists added color during conservation work. 
B)  The soil where it was buried caused discoloration of the marble. 
C)  Liquid dedications were poured onto the statue. 
D)  Greek marble statues bore much painted decoration. 
A)  Modern archaeologists added color during conservation work. 
B)  The soil where it was buried caused discoloration of the marble. 
C)  Liquid dedications were poured onto the statue. 
D)  Greek marble statues bore much painted decoration.

Question 14

The statue group of Laocoön and his sons shows a scene from which work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homer's Iliad 
B)  Vergil's Aeneid 
C)  Plato's Republic 
D)  The Epic of Gilgamesh 
A)  Homer's Iliad 
B)  Vergil's Aeneid 
C)  Plato's Republic 
D)  The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 15

Which was the costliest sculptural component of the Athenian Parthenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  The east and east pediments 
B)  The painted Ionic frieze 
C)  Statue of Athena Parthenos 
D)  The metopes 
A)  The east and east pediments 
B)  The painted Ionic frieze 
C)  Statue of Athena Parthenos 
D)  The metopes

Question 16

Which of the following was not built on the Athenian Acropolis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Erechtheion 
B)  Parthenon 
C)  Propylaia 
D)  Stoa of Attalos 
A)  Erechtheion 
B)  Parthenon 
C)  Propylaia 
D)  Stoa of Attalos

Question 17

Which feature supports the hypothesis that the Lady of Auxerre is a kore rather than a goddess?

Accepted Answer

A)  Headdress 
B)  Scale 
C)  Gesture 
D)  Inscription 
A)  Headdress 
B)  Scale 
C)  Gesture 
D)  Inscription

Question 18

What is the name of the sculpture in which Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nike of Samothrace 
B)  Erechtheion caryatid 
C)  Aphrodite of Knidos 
D)  Stele of Hegeso 
A)  Nike of Samothrace 
B)  Erechtheion caryatid 
C)  Aphrodite of Knidos 
D)  Stele of Hegeso

Question 19

What is the subject of the tomb painting preserved at Vergina?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amazonomachy 
B)  Hades abducting Persephone 
C)  Battle of Issus 
D)  Birth of Athena 
A)  Amazonomachy 
B)  Hades abducting Persephone 
C)  Battle of Issus 
D)  Birth of Athena

Question 20

What do scholars mostly agree is the subject of the lengthy Ionic frieze on the Parthenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  The birth of Athena 
B)  The Panathenaic procession 
C)  The battle of the Persians and Athenians 
D)  The formation of the universe 
A)  The birth of Athena 
B)  The Panathenaic procession 
C)  The battle of the Persians and Athenians 
D)  The formation of the universe

Exam 5: Ancient Greece

What would have been the original context of the Geometric krater?

​ What is the name and location of this monument?

What was the function of one of the side chambers of the Propylaia on the Athenian Acropolis?

What technique did the sculptor Polykleitos use in his Doryphoros to impose order on human movement?

​ Who is usually given credit for the invention of the red-figure technique, shown here?

What technique was used to create the Charioteer of Delphi ?

What is the effect of the drapery worn by the three goddesses in the Parthenon east pediment?

​ What materials made up the real statue of Athena Parthenos?

What style of Greek vase painting replaced the black-figure style?

What formed the original base of the Nike of Samothrace?

Which statue is the earliest known example of the use of contrapposto in sculpture?

​ What scene is represented on this Athenian white-ground lekythos by the Achilles Painter?

​ What explains the markings on this statue?

The statue group of Laocoön and his sons shows a scene from which work?

Which was the costliest sculptural component of the Athenian Parthenon?

Which of the following was not built on the Athenian Acropolis?

Which feature supports the hypothesis that the Lady of Auxerre is a kore rather than a goddess?

What is the name of the sculpture in which Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude?

What is the subject of the tomb painting preserved at Vergina?

What do scholars mostly agree is the subject of the lengthy Ionic frieze on the Parthenon?

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